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    Form size adjustments cause drop downs to be cut off at right

    I've been updating some forms to adjust to the new screen sizes. We used to have mostly 1024x768 screens when I designed these forms. Now that we have mostly larger screens I am redoing the forms.These screens are also mostly 16:9 format. One of the adjustments I made was to move some drop down fields to the right side of the form. This may have been a mistake. My drop downs have two columns but when the field is all the way to the right of the form the drop down does not show the entire two-column list. It is cut off.When the field is further to the left it looks fine and normal.

    I tried playing around with the default drop down or pop-up choices. I am trying to move the drop down list over to the left. Nothing works.

    These drop downs are lookups defined in the table field rules, not the form.

    Is there a way to flow the list down from the field and have everything in the drop down shift to the left so I can see both columns?

    Here are two pictures. One shows a list being cut off at the right edge of the screen. The other shows a good drop down, this field is more to the left on the form.

    Thanks for any help,
    Sean

    Drop Down good.pngDrop Down cutoff.png
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    Re: Form size adjustments cause drop downs to be cut off at right

    is it possible the actuasl screen size is larger on the right side than needed.

    I guess I really need to test it before I get to answering.

    Like this:
    likethis.png

    The key is NOT as a drop down. and don't click that bottom check mark. You can choose where on screen you want it to show up.

    I remembered I crossed this bridge in v7
    Last edited by amorris; 09-04-2013, 12:17 AM.

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      Re: Form size adjustments cause drop downs to be cut off at right

      On my laptop I have a 1280 x 800 screen. On that screen the default drop down is cut off. On one of our desktops we have a 1600 x 900 screen. On that screen the default drop down overflows off the form but is nicely viewable on the screen.

      I played around with the custom browse and trying to locate it in the right place. I have the location okay but the browse is not what I want. The default drop down allows an easy single-click pick from the list. With this browse I have to either double-click the selection or click on OK. Also, I can't get the entire second column to show up by default. If I want to see the whole column I have to grab the column header and drag to the right. Not ideal.

      Here's a couple of pictures. One is the standard drop down flowing off the right of the form and onto the larger screen. This is fine, but it does not do this on a smaller screen. The other picture is of the custom browse. Notice how the second column is cut off.

      Thanks,
      SeanDrop Down on Large Screen.pngCustom Drop Down.png

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        #4
        Re: Form size adjustments cause drop downs to be cut off at right

        Sean,

        I did not try this with a custom browse. I did it with an embedded browse on a form and it allows the popup to be most anywhere on the screen. That may create a difference. You might try the allow full screen(bottom check mark).

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          Re: Form size adjustments cause drop downs to be cut off at right

          Originally posted by amorris View Post
          I did it with an embedded browse on a form and it allows the popup to be most anywhere on the screen.
          Well, when I use the default drop-down in field rules I can't keep the drop down list from being cut off on a smaller screen. The drop down list always starts at the left edge of the field and cascades to the right. I would like to anchor the list to the right side of the field and get it to cascade to the left. I'm going to try to use the form controls instead and see if I can get different results.

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            Re: Form size adjustments cause drop downs to be cut off at right

            That is why I don't always use the drop down, as seen in the image I uploaded. uncheck the box for dropdown, then it kinda floats where you tell it to.

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              Re: Form size adjustments cause drop downs to be cut off at right

              I guess the real issue for me is that I like the simplicity of the standard drop down. Just click, scroll, and click. Easy.

              If I uncheck the box for dropdown I am able to position a list anywhere I want but I miss the simple "click, scroll, click" method used by the default drop down. I also can't seem to get the entire width of the second column to show up.

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                Re: Form size adjustments cause drop downs to be cut off at right

                you might try increasing the width on the lookup. I have one where the field is 22 characters, but on the lookp, it works best with the width at 28.

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                  #9
                  Re: Form size adjustments cause drop downs to be cut off at right

                  I tried that too. Apparently this width setting only works on the standard drop down and not on the browse window.

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